My sisters have been telling me for months that I should make a real blog that talks about my life. Apparently my political blog wasn't cool enough ;), and besides, I haven't updated that one forever, so I guess I'll just start this one so that everyone can know what is going on in my life.
Right now I am down in Houston, Texas selling Pest Control for Eclipse Marketing. It has been an interesting experience to say the least. Basically, we work everyday from about 9 in the morning until about 9 at night with a couple hours off in the middle of the day for a break. I walk around neighborhoods knocking on people's doors and try to get them to sign up for our brand of pest control. When I found out we were coming to Houston, I figured it would be the perfect place - lots of bugs and really hot - soon after coming down here though I realized that we weren't the first company to think that! In some neighborhoods everyone already has pest control and in the older neighborhoods some have had the same company for up to 20 years. Every day I hear about a new company ... some of my favorite names are these: Big John's Pest Control, SPLAT!, Bug-be-gone, and of course ... Barker Pest Control (really, there is one). Anyway, I found out that it is much more effective to sell in neighborhoods where the houses don't have their own zip code, so I have been selling in smaller houses with lots of bugs, and that has worked out slightly better.
One perk of the job is that I get to practice my spanish almost every day. If I didn't speak spanish I would probably have about half as many sales as I do now.
Unfortunately a few weeks ago I started having symptoms of asthma which made it so that I could not work effectively because of the heat and humidity. After seeing the doctor twice and being on medication, I am doing much better, but it still is kind of rough. The reason that this came up out of the blue was because of the heat and humidity of Houston. I haven't had a problem with asthma since I was really young and back then it was Exercise induced. Although one time I did have problems and that was when I was in Hawaii (Hot and Humid .. hmmm.. see the connection?) Anyway, hopefully things get better soon, because I haven't been able to work the hours that I need to to make more sales.
The group of people that I work with are is really cool. We all get along really well and we have had some pretty fun activities down here. I don't take many pictures because my cameras battery is messed up, but thanks to facebook, there are a few pictures from some of our activities that are posted throughout this post.
7 comments:
I am so excited that you have a blog. Now maybe you won't seem so far away. I hope the rest of the summer goes by really fast for you, and you get a lot of sales. We miss you!
I'm so glad that you have a blog now! That's a funny quote up at the top! I hope that you're feeling better and sell lots of pest control!
I am glad you have "real" blog! we miss you and can't wait for you to back in utah!!
Yay I'm glad that my threat that Jared might be cooler than you cuz he had a blog worked ;-) just kidding! But you are definitely the coolest now!I'm so excited you have one now though, you don't seem so far away anymore! And i love your picture at the top. someone incredibly beautiful and wonderful must have taken it..oh yes, that was me.
I love the funny quote at the top--it is so you! Hope you're feeling better. love, Mom
You are in desperate need of a comment that doesn't come from a girl that you lived with growing up, so here I am to help you! Glad you finally started a "real" blog! I've added you to my links. Since you are in Houston are you still planning on coming to the reunion?
I'll add you to my links too! Wish you could make it to the reunion!
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